Nikon Red Shouldered Hawk - Z8

[THXGEEK]

My resident Red Shouldered Hawk has been picking off field mice near my house. I was fortunate to capture a nice ground-to-branch sequence.

• NIKON Z 8
• 320.0 mm
• ƒ/5.3
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 720

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 500

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 500

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 560

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 500

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 560

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 800

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 800

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 900

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 900

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 900

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 900

• NIKON Z 8
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 900

• NIKON Z 8
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 10/32000 sec
• ISO 1100

 

[iain clyne]

Good sequence well caught.

 

[iamdlewis]

Nice sequence but that is a Red-Shouldered Hawk. Cooper's Hawks the adults have longer tails with bars and red eyes.

 

[THXGEEK]

Nice sequence but that is a Red-Shouldered Hawk. Cooper's Hawks the adults have longer tails with bars and red eyes.

Thanks!


I'll bet you'd have never guessed that my revised Peterson Field Guides to Eastern Birds (Seventh edition, 2020) has not yet arrived....



I appreciate the clarification!